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Superman IV: The Quest for Peace is a 1987 superhero film directed by Sidney J. Furie and written by Lawrence Konner and Mark Rosenthal from a story by Christopher Reeve, Konner, and Rosenthal based on the DC Comics character Superman. [6]
Film locations for Superman IV: The Quest For Peace (1987) in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire.
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace: Directed by Sidney J. Furie. With Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, Jackie Cooper, Marc McClure. With the world on the brink of a nuclear war, Superman takes it upon himself to destroy all nuclear weapons.
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- Sidney J. Furie
- 1987-07-24
Nov 24, 2014 · The pilgrimage. On a crisp autumn day in 2014, two sullen men decided to go on a pilgrimage to the Milton Keynes filming locations used in Superman IV. Those sullen men were: one, your humble...
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Christopher Reeve as Clark Kent/SupermanJon Cryer as Lenny LuthorThe film begins as the previous three filmshave ended, with the sun rising over Earth's mesosphere. A Russian space station is endangered, when a collision with debris sends a cosmonaut hurtling off into deep space. He is promptly rescued by Superman, who brings him inside and (in fluent Russian) bids him farewell. Down on Earth, Clark Kent has ret...
In 1983, following the mixed reaction to Superman III, which nonetheless made $60 million at the box office, Reeve and the producers, a father and son team Alexander and Ilya Salkind, assumed that the Superman films had run their course. Reeve was slated to make a cameo in 1984's Supergirl but was unavailable; that film (technically the fourth in t...
The movie was not well received by either the general public or movie critics. Some critics considered the film to be one of the worst of its year. The movie suffered from poor sound and visual effects, believed to be caused by Cannon using much of the film's intended budget on their other projects. Reportedly, Warner Bros. gave Cannon approximatel...
According to writer Mark Rosenthal's commentary on Superman IV: The Quest for Peace Deluxe Edition DVD released in November 2006, and the gallery of deleted scenes included on the disc, there are approximately 45 minutes of the film that have not been seen by the public after they were deleted following a failed Southern California test screening. ...
As a result of prior contracts, different entities own different components of Superman IV. Warner Bros. co-produced the film and handled North American theatrical distribution, while Cannon Films handled distribution outside North America. Due to legal snags, the film was not issued on DVD for many years until WB bought back key rights to the film...
This film gives the Man of Steel powers with which he had never before been portrayed. Among these, after the Nuclear Man destroys part of the Great Wall of China, Superman restores the wall by gazing at it, causing the wall to rebuild itself, apparently by use of telekinesis, a power never ascribed to Superman in the comics. A contemporary film cr...
Using a strand of Superman's hair, Luthor synthesizes a powerful ally known as Nuclear Man and ignites an epic battle spanning Earth and space. With global superpowers engaged in an increasingly hostile arms race, Superman leads a crusade to rid the world of nuclear weapons.
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace: Directed by Sidney J. Furie. With Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, Jackie Cooper, Marc McClure. With the world on the brink of a nuclear war, Superman takes it upon himself to destroy all nuclear weapons.
